January 2016

April 2008

April 30, 2008

Ok. So before you all say I am super woman for scrapbooking again, I have to say that I am up way too late, *gasp* it is 11:00 and that is now unfortunately WAY past my bedtime these days. I NEEDED to scrap these pictures. I NEEDED to feel creative. I NEEDED to scrap. I think it is partly because I really didn't feel like it for so long, or because boy do I not get any quiet time to myself but I NEEDED to do this. So I did. Besides it was easy as I wrote the journaling more than a month ago. I do have to gloat to those who have scrapped with me however and say DO YOU SEE THAT I HAVE FIVE WHOPPING PICTURES ON ONE LAYOUT? WHOO HOO ME!
Thanks Missy for taking these pictures and thanks Laina for the cool hearts. And now I am going to bed :)

April 28, 2008

Yesterday we got together with some old friends for a day at the park. Something tells me there is a layout coming of this outing. I don't know if it was the static on the slide or the velocity of which Lily was going down the slide, but she really wasn't going that fast...Lily has officially graduated to the big kid swing which I must say causes not just a little fear and dread for her Mama. Especially since moments before this photo she managed to jump or fall off (not quite sure which) and land perfectly on her feet. She turned around as if to say "What? I totally meant to do that." as our friend Ben and I stood with mouths wide open.
After some swing set time we all walked over to the pond to look at the ducks. Missy and I were walking behind and immediately started snapping pictures of this cute photo op. The girls and their daddies. Just priceless.Ok, ok, we maybe switched them around so the girls were holding hands too (instead of making the daddies hold hands ;) but for the most part it is not staged.

Poor Charlie did not get a single picture taken of him as he was strapped to me in the Bjorn, so here are some more from our photoshoot the other day. photo by Bj Taylor
(and yes, I know-he is getting good!!)I love my little family.

April 26, 2008

Somehow, without our permission, Charlie turned one month old. I must say that this time (at least after I felt a little better) flew by. It was different this time as we could just bask in his loveliness instead of, well, freaking out about this new person we had to take care of. It has been so much fun getting to know him, getting to know Lily as a big sister, and adjusting to our new family of four.

Charlie is definitely a sweet, sweet baby. Such a good sleeper (well, most of the time,) and when he is awake, he is AWAKE! ALERT! ALIVE! ENTHUSIASTIC!
And yes, I know I have said it before, but GOSH those sneeze noises about melt my heart. Seriously. So cute. He also has some pretty cute grunting and snicker noises like his sister, but he also has the added squeaks that sound pretty much like a baby elephant. The hair on his ears still hasn't gone away, but (shhh, neither has poor Lily's back hair) I'm sure there is time for that...or a personal groomer in his future. Here he is perfecting his party trick that will sure to impress in a few years

I am happy to report that Lily is absolutely enamored with her brother and is such a good helper. She is totally happy to put his binky back in for him, play peek-a-boo, get the boppy for Mama, or point out that the burp cloth Mama couldn't find was actually on Mama's shoulder.

And another trick to get photos of Lily? Simply HAVE A BABY AND TRY TO TAKE PICTURES OF HIM. If only I would have known that sooner. I would have...known that sooner.

April 22, 2008

Lily1. In our attempts to get rid of this view...we are in full potty training mode. We have switched to pull-ups for day and have a kitchen timer method of getting her to sit on the potty. When the timer goes off she gets a jelly bean. So far it is working ok. She did pee pee in the potty once (yes, sorry about that, but you do understand this is all I am going to think about for the next few...well for a while) but this afternoon she became bored with it and refused to sit again for the whole day. This is going to be a really long road I fear.2. Lily's new phrases include "I need a _________. Can I have a __________?" She says these over, and over, and OVER, and OVER again until her Mama's head is about to explode. It can apply to anything from milk, a book or a bird. I love two.3. The other day I was feeding Charlie and the phone rang. Lily decided this was the time to answer it herself. So she picked it up, but then said nothing. Luckily it was her friend Maya calling. Nothing like a three year old calling a two year old.4. Yesterday Lily used her magic wand and turned me into Gracie. Yes, she is pretty funny this one.5. Finally. I have discovered how to get Lily to look at the camera. Trap her.

Charlie6. Charlie smiled for the first time yesterday. OH so cute. I will work on getting this on film.7. Speaking of diapers, after much MUCH thought, I think I am going to go with gDiapers for Charlie. You can flush them, compost them (which I have toyed around with the thought of starting one...) or just toss them since they only last 150 DAYS in a landfill instead of 500 YEARS. Yes they are slightly more expensive, but boy will my conscious feel a lot better.8. I may have said it before, but Charlie makes the ABSOLUTELY CUTEST noise when he sneezes. And is this not the cutest picture? SO much better than my version because Desiree, photographer and photoshopper extraordinaire made it all fancy for me.
Don't you think?9. Charlie has these beautiful light blue rings around his pupil. I wonder if they will last.10. Although he is a darn good sleeper, when Charlie is awake, he is AWAKE. Eyes WIDE open, looking around, taking in the world around him. Have I mentioned that I am in love?

April 21, 2008

This weekend did me in. We did a lot of organizing when we first put the house on the market, but not as much as we probably should have. We tackled the basement this weekend. Stay tuned in the next few weeks because boy do I have some fun stuff to share. By the way, did you know that if you scratch a scratch-and-sniff sticker from 1986 it will still smell EXACTLY the same?

Yes, I have a lot of stuff.

And, I really need to remind myself that I just had major surgery not even four weeks ago. Oh my.

ANyway, I finished the other layout that I started on Friday.And, lest we forget that I do have another child, here is the girl now.
And thanks Elizabeth for all your help today-much better huh :)

April 19, 2008

Lookie me. I scrapped. An April banner! Only 19 days late! But I have May already to go. Now if I could only get it to look better quality and centered. Any typepad users out there know what I am doing wrong?

And on to the layouts. I got two done last night and one more is close. I love productivity. And easy peasy layouts.Inspired by a Lisa O layout :)
Inspired by a Laura Kurtz layout. :) And yes, this is OLD SCHOOL Cosmo paper. Lily's first year album was all done in the Pink Cosmo paper-which by the way is in a 8.5x8.5 album so I have to REDO all the pages slightly to get it to fit in my new 8x8 American Crafts album to make them match-grumble, grumble, obsess, obsess.

April 18, 2008

Who knew when we got Lily her first puzzle for Christmas that she would turn into the puzzle master. Her collection of puzzles has quickly grown, as has her unbelievable skill. Today apparently she decided to take it to the next level.

April 16, 2008

Before we get too far, I wanted to share a little homecoming recap. Complete with pictures :)

Although I had just had major surgery and I have to walk up FIVE steps to get into my house, I had my camera around my neck ready for the picture taking opportunities.

Lily opened the door, warily as she had not seen her Mama and Daddy much in the last few days and hadn't even met her...brother.
Charlie was waiting rather impatiently to meet his sister, or get out of this darn carseat.
Some of the things Lily said during this first meeting were..."Is that my brother Charlie, Mama? Is that my brother Charlie, Daddy?" "It's my brother Charlie!" "He's a cute little baby!" and "He's got feet!""Baby says wha! wha! wha!" and "He's got a bottom!""He has a fuzzy head, Daddy!"Ok. Enough of this baby brother stuff. I am going to wear the boppy on my head now.

April 15, 2008

1. If I have any hope of taking a shower these days it must be at night. And yes I do feel quite silly styling my hair at 9:00pm, but thems the breaks if I don't want to look like a crazy person the next day.2. Lily (knock on wood) CAN actually sleep without a binky. Yup, that's right, after sleeping with one since she was six weeks old I have taken it away. Mean Mama.3. I still don't have the energy for potty training. 4. Planning to get three things done a day is absolutely the best idea ever. I almost didn't get my three done yesterday (uploading pictures to my gallery, photo shoot with Charlie for his birth announcements, and yes, a shower for me) but a little voice in my head said "come on, it's only three things!" and I did it. Yea.5. I never said that one of my three would include getting Lily out of her Christmas jammies at 4:30pm. Too bad I didn't as I might have actually tried harder to get a picture of Lily and Charlie together. This girl REFUSES to look at the camera!!

6. A Mama who is generally very particular about how toys get organized and put away is going to have a lot of work to do reorganizing and putting away toys and books after not being able to do it for so long. 7. I really, really, wish I knew how to do animation so you could get the full extent of this sneeze. Baby sneezes are too cute.

8. The laundry will NEVER END.9. Bj and I make really cute children. Unfortunately, we also make children who spit up ALL THE TIME. Yes, I am once again destined to be covered in spit up constantly. Great.10. I believe that if I don't get cracking, April will be over before I make my April banner. I must get a crafting. You know, in my spare time.